On Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 02:32:56PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > If this flag is specified, --import|--boot will create a transient > libvirt domain, ie. one which goes away when the guest shuts down or > the host is rebooted. > --- > man/virt-install.pod | 9 +++++++++ > virt-install | 4 ++++ > virtinst/guest.py | 4 +++- > 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/man/virt-install.pod b/man/virt-install.pod > index 0537693..01ba5ab 100644 > --- a/man/virt-install.pod > +++ b/man/virt-install.pod > @@ -1559,6 +1559,15 @@ Show program's version number and exit > Set the autostart flag for a domain. This causes the domain to be started > on host boot up. > > +=item B<--transient> > + > +Use --import or --boot and --transient if you want a transient libvirt > +VM. These VMs exist only until the domain is shut down or the host > +server is restarted. Libvirt forgets the XML configuration of the VM > +after either of these events. Note that the VM's disks will not be > +deleted. See: > +L<http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/VM_lifecycle#Transient_guest_domains_vs_Persistent_guest_domains> > + > =item B<--print-xml> [STEP] > > Print the generated XML of the guest, instead of defining it. By default this WILL do storage creation (can be disabled with --dry-run). This option implies --quiet. > diff --git a/virt-install b/virt-install > index 6d1aa96..da74a25 100755 > --- a/virt-install > +++ b/virt-install > @@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ def build_guest_instance(conn, options, parsermap): > guest.installer.extraargs = options.extra_args or [] > guest.installer.initrd_injections = options.initrd_inject > guest.autostart = options.autostart > + guest.transient = options.transient We should forbid to use --transient with all other types of install methods because it doesn't make any sense and it doesn't work. Unfortunately we need to add a check "if options.transient and (options.pxe or options.cdrom or ....), we cannot simply check for --import or --boot because --boot can be combined with any other install method. Otherwise it looks good and sounds like a nice feature. Pavel _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
